Biography

For over 35 years, his music has moved audiences around the world. He is an icon of the Native American music community, and an accomplished artist whose paintings are exhibited nationwide. Yet, in the view of singer, composer, flutist, painter and storyteller Bill Birdsong Miller, he's just getting started.

Born in 1955 on Wisconsin's Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation, Bill began playing the guitar at age 12. As a young man, he performed with various bands, and released an album in 1983 as part of Bill Miller and the Native Sons. The following year, he garnered national attention when Tori Amos asked him to open for her on the "Under the Pink" tour.

Although most of Bill's music is inspired by his heritage -- winning multiple Native American Music Awards, including a 2007 Lifetime Achievement honor -- he has never let himself be confined to a certain genre. He has co-written songs with Nanci Griffith, Kim Carnes and Michael Martin Murphy, and he has toured with Eddie Vedder, Arlo Guthrie and Richie Havens, to name a few.

His passion for music has resulted in tremendous critical acclaim. Bill's 2005 instrumental album, "Cedar Dream Songs," won a Grammy Award. The following year, he shared Grammy honors for the collaborative album, "Sacred Ground – A Tribute to Mother Earth." And in May 2009, Bill joined other music legends in paying tribute to Pete Seeger’s 90^th birthday at Madison Square Garden.